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Re: Architecture Nomenclature



Am Dienstag, den 27.04.2010, 12:45 -0700 schrieb Kip Warner:
> Greetings Everyone,
> 
> I've been looking for a while, but no luck. Is there a table somewhere
> that summarizes the different architecture names like i386, i586, i686,
> amd64, ia64, and so on along with the criteria for hardware qualifying
> under that name?

I am not aware of a table. I would search for the names and see which is
the first architecture and check their features.

> e.g. Does i686 mandate SSE2?

i686 = Pentium Pro and later = only MMX
amd64 mandates SSE2 (and therefore MMX and SSE)

> PS I am not on the mailing list, so please remember to cc me. Thanks.

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Maintainer (www.debian.org)

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